Countries Flags

we are deficient in our flags offered. One cometitor who may be a tournament champion this year doesnt have a chance to put his country's flag as it isnt in the redgistry. it sure would look bad not to offer such an able player to display his country's flag. i asked this months ago. where is korean Flag?

for example?

i have seen the korean flag...

in the list of countries you can find the "republic of korea" between "qatar" and "republic of moldova"

flags are placed on /ng/images/source/banner/

(for example /ng/images/source/banner/CA.gif)

There could be firewall settings that dont like address with word "banner". :-)

I look again last time i looked it was'nt there :) thanks liso :) good to see you*~/:) hello from the North Pole

Not there.

One of my Opponents is from "Republic of Korea". The broken link nest to his name giveds the directory you mention and the file-name "KG.gif". I opened the directory directly and saw links to lots of flags, but there's no "KG.gif" there.

Hi there.

I am a korean. Littlegolem banner has no national flag of korea (ng/images/source/banner/kr.gif).

The Korean flag -->

"www.korea.net/learnaboutkorea/nationalsymbols/images/teago01.gif"

Little Golem, WEBMASTER 04 October 2003

Tournament table [chess.ch.4.1.1] Enclosures: Flag.gif/jlv/11:00hrs

COORDINATOR(BOARD GAMES STAFF SECTION)

Rio Malaschitz (solutions)

Little Golem administrator.

Re: Request for Flag Correction/Clarification

Dear Mr. Administrator

I Josef Louis Villafan Player #3286, request a National Flag be posted instead of the Red X mark design presently in the Game-Information Records. Secondly, request my “National Colors” be reinitiated on my /littlegolem/images/ files and to reflect the right Graphics Images Data Chess INTERNET Services. The items I am seeking to correct also are exhibits on this attached petition. To aid you in reviewing the chess member little Golem/images, For Whom May It Concern that is interested, a good flag site is: http://search.msn.com/results.asp?RS=CHECKED&FORM=MSNH&v=1&q=Puerto+Rico {the below is a current picture of my Puerto Rico National Flag at which we honorably served: http://php.indiana.edu/~jsoto/pinfo.html.

Puerto Rico is a self-governing commonwealth in association with the United States. The chief of state is the President of the United States of America. PUERTO RICO, officially Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, freely associated commonwealth of the U.S. Composed of one large island and several small islands, Puerto Rico is bordered on the North by the Atlantic Ocean, on the East by the Virgin Passage (which separates it from the Virgin Islands), on the South by the Caribbean Sea, and on the West by the Mona Passage (which separates it from the Dominican Republic).

The design of the Commonwealth flag reflects the close ties that bound the USA TERRITORIES with the greatest America Nation in the all world. The term "United States" when used in a geographical sense on official documents, acts and/or laws; includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.

Please, conduct a retro-investigate this(these) matter(s) and (delete or correct) the error item/entries, to be clear-up the broken image expeditiously as possible. Do not hesitate to contact me thru my email notification for any questions regardings these confirmation matters just received.

I highly congratulate your Agency Little Golem and the Webmaster as well, for the (distinguishes/successful and professional manner your are conducting our tournaments). ‘THANK-YOU”. Good Luck all.

Cordially,

JOSE L. VILLAFAN

Chess Player

i just got my puerto rican flag today!!!

is nice.

oye, jose luis, deja el ajedrez y empieza a jugar go.

thanks for the flag!!!

pitirre

goista

mira nosotros tengamos mucho felicidads por ti:)

esta bueno:)

pero otras personos no tengas:(

trabahando duro por ellos. or approximately Great ! buh lets help out the others who would like to also see thier flags represented:)

I like that u are so "nationalist" ! I hope we could play also countries matches sometimes! :-)

PS. Hello safe! :-)

"LittleGolem".., Thanks You very much!!!

Adios

Proud to be an American

We are all extremely fortunate to live in a place that gives us the opportunities that this amazing country does. The phrase "God bless America" indicates that He already has blessed us and continues to do so. The unity of the people in this country is at an all time high, and the patriotism shown by Americans continues to grow.

We get a non-stop feed of gloom and doom. But we don't hear about the heroes. The incredibly brave GIs who honorably do their duty. The ones our grandparents would have carried on their shoulders down Fifth Avenue.

"By his outstanding display of decisive leadership, unlimited courage in the face of heavy enemy fire, and utmost devotion to duty, 1st Lt. John Doe reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service."

That's what the citation says. And that's what nobody will hear. That's what doesn't seem to be making the evening news. Accounts of American valor are dismissed by the press as propaganda, yet accounts of American difficulties are heralded as objectivity. It makes you wonder if the role of the media is to inform or to depress - to report or to deride. To tell the truth, or to feed us lies.

But we are a country awakened now. We have been attacked in our homeland. We have now felt the reality of what an unstable and dangerous world it truly is. And still, in the face of this unprecedented carnage in our most prominent city, there are those who choose to take this opportunity to protest, and even burn the flag. I think this is wonderful country, though, that gives everyone their voice of dissention. I am all for people expressing their views publicly because it makes it much easier for us to identify the truly foolish, and to know who cannot be counted on in times of crisis. These are the weak and cowardly who, when the enemy is crashing through the front door, will cower in the back room, counting on better men than themselves to make and keep them free. Well, the enemy is at our front door, and isn't it interesting those who cry loudest and most often for their rights, are usually those least willing to defend it.

If I were the regents or alumni of certain large universities in this county, I would be embarrassed to be producing students of such ignorance and naïïve notions. Like mindless sheep, they march with painted faces and trite sayings on signs, blissfully ignorant of the world they live in, and the system that protects them, hoping maybe to make the evening news. Perhaps if they had spent more time in class they would have learned that those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it. They might have learned that all it takes for evil to succeed in the world, is for good people to stand by and do nothing.

I am also very disturbed to hear that there are people in this country, at this particular time, who feel it inappropriate to wear the flag on their lapel because they are on the news or in a public job, and school officials who want to remove pro-American stickers so as not to offend foreign students. Well I am offended that these people call themselves Americans. I am offended that innocent people were killed in a mass attack of unthinkable proportions. And I am offended at listening to TV broadcasters speak to me condescendingly, with a bias that screams of their drowning in a cesspool of political correctness. I pity the person who thinks they are going to remove this flag from my lapel. This flag of ours is the symbol of all that is good about this country. America is an idea. It is an idea lived, and fought for, by a people. We are America, and this is our symbol. We are imperfect in many ways, but we continue to strive toward the ideal our forefathers laid down for us over 225 years ago. I could never imagine desecrating that symbol. Perhaps there are many people in this nation who have never been abroad, or in harms way, and seen the flag upon their return. Those poor souls can never know the deep pride and honor one feels to see it wave, to know that there is still a good ol' USA. With all our warts we are still the greatest nation on earth, and the flag is the most powerful symbol of that greatness.

This flag is our history, our dreams, our accomplishments, indelibly expressed in bright red, white, and blue. This flag was carried in our Revolutionary War, although it had many less stars. But it persevered and evolved throughout a war we had no right to believe we could win. But we did, and built a country around it. This flag, tattered and battle worn, waved proudly from the mast, as John Paul Jones showed the enemy what true resolve was. This banner was raised by the hands of brave men on a godforsaken island called Iwo Jima, and became a part of the most famous photo of the 20th Century. Those men are all dead now, but their legacy lives on in the Marine Memorial in Washington, DC. Those of you who have seen it will recall that inscribed within the stone monument are the words-When Uncommon Valor, Was A Common Virtue- I don't believe you'll see the words, "it was easy", anywhere on it. This flag has even been to the moon, planted there for all time by men with a vision, and the courage to see it through.

I personally know what it is to see the flag, and feel something deep inside that makes you feel you are a part of something much bigger than yourself. Laying in a hospital bed, I can vividly recall looking out the only window in the room and on Sundays, seeing that big garrison flag flying proudly in the breeze. It filled the entire window, and filled my heart with a motivation that helped me leave that bed, and enabled me to be standing here today. And many years later, while fighting another terrorist over Libya, my backseater and I outraced Khaddafi's missiles in our SR-71 as we headed for the Mediterranean, and I can still clearly see that American flag patch on the shoulder of my space suit, staring at me in the rear view mirror as we headed west, and it was a good feeling. Now don't ask me why we had rear view mirrors in the world's fastest jet, I can assure you, no one was gaining on us that day.

I am so happy to see so many flags out here today. Long may it wave.

History will judge us. How we confront this chapter of American history will be important for the future of this great nation. This will be a war like none other we have endured. The combatants will not just be the soldier on the battlefront, but will be fought by us the citizens. We are on the battlefield now; the war has been brought to us. We will determine the outcome of this war by how well we remain vigilant, how patient we are with tightened security, how well we support the economy, and most importantly, in the resolve we show the enemy. There are some things worth fighting for, and this country is one of them.

I pray for our leaders at this time. In the Pacific, during WW II, Admiral Bull Halsey said, "There are no great men, just great circumstances, and how they handle those circumstances will determine the outcome of history". Our future and the future of coming generations are in our hands. Wars are not won just on military fronts, but by the resolve of the people. We must remain tenaciously strong in the pursuit of this enemy that threatens free people everywhere.

This nation, this melting pot of humanity, this free republic, must be preserved. This idea that is America is important enough to be defended. Fought for. Even die for. The enemy fears what you have, for if their people ever become liberated into a free society, tyrannical dictatorships will cease and he will lose power.

How can they ever understand this country of ours, so self-indulgent and diverse, yet when attacked, so united in the defense of its principals. This is the greatest country in the world because brave people sacrificed to make it that way. We are a collective mix of greatness and greed, hi-tech and heartland. We are the country of Mickey Mouse and Mickey Mantle; from John Smith and Pocahontas to John Glen and an Atlas booster; from Charles Lindbergh to Charley Brown; from Moby Dick to Microsoft; we are a nation that went from Kitty Hawk to Tranquility Base in less than 70 years; we are rock and roll, and the Bill of Rights; we are where everyone else wants to be, the greatest nation in the world.

The enemy does not understand the dichotomy of our society, but they should understand this; we will bandage our wounds, we will bury our dead; and then we will come for you.......and we will destroy you and all you stand for.

I read this quote recently and would like to share it with you:

We are pressed on every side, but not crushed, Perplexed, but not in despair, Persecuted, but not abandoned, Struck down, but not destroyed.

That is from II Corinthians. Not too long ago it would have been politically incorrect to quote from the Bible. I am so happy to be politically INCORRECT. And I am so proud to be an American.

Ast-Vk

"The enemy does not understand the dichotomy of our society, but they should understand this; we will bandage our wounds, we will bury our dead; and then we will come for you.......and we will destroy you and all you stand for."

Huh??? Beware of the overzealous patriot American...

I'd like to see the Catalan flag too. I refuse to write a long political speech, I just say we are some millions of people with our own language and culture, and I, like many of us, don't identify myself at all with the Spanish flag.

Àlex

several times i have asked for welsh flag without success

Re: Astrovick's "...we will destroy you ..."

Before the last US president's elections the world distinguished between the American people and their dangerous government. Now we learn this was wrong.

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Back to the countries flags topic: There's no Bavarian flag neither, and even worse, there's Antarctica in the country dropdown list, but it does not have a flag. What a pity.

My suggestion to LittleGolem / Richard:

Could you please restrict the dropdown list to countries, which are -theoretically- accepted to join the next olympic games as an independent nation, and supply decent tiny flags for them?

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